Corset-clasp



) model. 4 2 0. FALLEN & J. E. DOOLITTLE.

CORSET CLASP.

No. 244,022. Patented July 12,1881

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHAUNCEY F. ALLEN, OF WATERBURY, AND JAMES E. DOOLITTLE, OF BIR-MINGHAM, CONNECTICUT.

CORSET-CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,022, dated July 12,1881.

Application filed September 22, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that we, CHAUNOEY F. ALLEN, of Waterbury, in New Havencounty, State of Connecticut, and JAMES E. DOOLITTLE, of Birmingham, inNew Haven county, State of Connecticut, have jointly invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Corset-Clasps, of which the following isa specification.

The object of this invention is a corset-bush of economicalconstruction, which may be adjusted so as to insure the fit of thecorset to the body of the wearer without the employment of the ordinaryeyelets and lacing.

The invention consists in providing corsetbusks with suitable extensiondevices and catches, whereby they may be adjusted and secured atdifferent points and distances apart.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a frontview of a corset with busks embodying our invention; Fig. 2, a backview; and Figs. 3 and 4 represent modifications.

A represents the body of the corset-front, provided at the edges withsteels or busks B D. To the former are attached the fasteners,consisting of any desired number of thin metallic rigid or flexiblehooks or clasps C, formed each with a series of notches or eyes, 0, forthe reception of the headed studs (1 on the bush D.

The clasps C may be secured to the steel B by rivets or other connectingmeans; or they may be formed integral with said steel.

We show in Fig.1 rigid hooks of thin metal; but a chain, F, Fig. 3, maybe employed.

To avoid any abrasion or pinching of the body of the wearer, caused byleaving a space between the two front busks, we preferably form theunder steel, D, considerably wider than the steel B, so that the lattermay overlap the former.

We claim- A corset-bush consisting of the steels B D, one provided witha series of lugs and the other with fastening devices, each having aseries of notches or eyes, 0, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' OHAUNCEY FREDRICK ALLEN.

JAMES E. DOOLITTLE.

Witnesses:

D. B. FOSTER, CLEMENT B. J ONES, JAMEs PATERSON.

